A variety of orthoclase feldspar found as colorless to white prismatic crystals in cavities in metamorphic rocks. Some specimens reflect a bluish sheen along crystal faces. This phenomenon is called adularescence, and adularia with this property is called moonstone. (See sanidine).
adularias
adularias
noun
plural of adularia
adulterating
adulterating
verb
present participle of adulterate
adulteration
adulteration
noun
The action of adulterating, being mixed with extraneous material, illicit substitution of one substance for another.
adulterations
adulterations
noun
plural of adulteration
adulteries
adulteries
noun
plural of adultery
adulterine
adulterine
adj
Born of adultery.
Illegal; unlicensed.
Pertaining to adultery.
Spurious; due to adulteration.
noun
(rare) One born of an adulterous union.
adulterize
adulterize
verb
(intransitive, largely obsolete) To commit adultery.
(transitive, intransitive, uncommon) To adulterate.
adumbratively
adumbratively
adv
In an adumbrative manner
adversifolious
adversifolious
adj
Synonym of adversifoliate
aeluroid
aeluroidea
aigialosauridae
ailuridae
ailuroid
ailuroidea
ailuropoda
aldebaranium
aldebaranium
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) A rejected name for ytterbium.
aleurodidae
alexandrinus
alexandroupolis
almuredin
altitudinarian
altitudinarian
adj
Lofty in doctrine, aims, etc.
noun
One who is lofty in doctrine, aims, etc.
alumohydrocalcite
alumohydrocalcite
noun
(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
amaryllidaceous
amaryllidaceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the family Amaryllidaceae of herbaceous, perennial and bulbous flowering plants.
amaryllideous
amaryllideous
adj
= amaryllidaceous
ambidextrously
ambidextrously
adv
In an ambidextrous manner.
amidofluorid
amidofluoride
ampullariidae
amygdaliferous
amygdaliferous
adj
almond-bearing
anarchoindividualist
ancistrocladaceous
ancistrocladus
androclinium
angulinerved
anomaluridae
antipeduncular
antiproductively
antiprudential
antiprudential
adj
Lacking or opposing prudence; imprudent.
antisudoral
antisudoral
adj
Preventing sweating.
aperulosid
appendicular
appendicular
adj
Of or pertaining to a limb or appendage.
Of or pertaining to the appendix.
appendicularia
appendicularian
appendicularian
adj
(zoology) Pertaining to the class Appendicularia of tailed tunicates.
noun
(zoology) A member of this class.
appendiculariidae
archbuilder
archichlamydeous
archichlamydeous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the Archichlamydeae.
arillodium
arlequinade
armadillidium
arnaudville
articulated
articulated
adj
(grammar, linguistics) Qualified by an article
Constructed with one or more pivoted joints which allow bending of an otherwise rigid structure.
Of a vehicle, composed of component parts each with its own wheels and chassis, e.g. an articulated lorry, articulated bus, or certain kinds of streetcars and trains.
noun
An articulated vehicle, such as a locomotive.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of articulate
artiodactylous
artiodactylous
adj
(zoology) even-toed; of ungulates, having the weight borne about equally by the third and fourth toes
asperuloside
asperuloside
noun
(organic chemistry) A particular glycoside with similar properties to aucubin.
audiometrically
audiometrically
adv
By means of, or in terms of, audiometry.
auditorial
auditorial
adj
auditory
auditorially
auditorially
adv
In an auditory manner.
auditorily
auditorily
adv
With regard to hearing.
auldfarrantlike
auletrides
auletrides
noun
plural of auletris
aumildar
aumildar
noun
Alternative form of amildar
aurichloride
aurichloride
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Tetrachloroaurate
aurichlorohydric
auricled
auricled
adj
(botany) auriculate
auriculated
auriculated
adj
(biology, rare) Having ears or appendages like ears; eared.
(botany, rare) Having lobes or appendages like the ear; shaped like the ear; auriculate.
(zoology, rare) Having an angular projection on one or both sides, as in certain bivalve shells, the foot of some gastropods, etc.
auriculidae
auriculoid
aurochloride
aurochloride
noun
(inorganic chemistry, countable) Any salt containing this anion.
(inorganic chemistry, uncountable) The complex anion, AuCl₄⁻, produced when gold is dissolved in aqua regia.
australioid
australoid
australoid
Noun
A member of the racial classification that includes Veddahs, Negritos, New Guineans, Melanesians, Micronesians and Australian aborigines.
autodepolymerization
autodialer
autodialer
noun
(computing) malicious software, embedded in a website, that routes dial-up Internet connections to a different telephone number charged at a premium rate
an electronic device that can automatically dial telephone numbers to communicate between any two points in the telephone, mobile phone and pager networks
autodialers
autodialers
noun
plural of autodialer
autotetraploid
autotetraploid
adj
(genetics) tetraploid because of the doubling of an ancestral chromosome
autotetraploidy
autotetraploidy
noun
The property of being autotetraploid.
autotriploid
autotriploid
adj
(genetics) triploid as a result of multiplication of a haploid set of chromosomes
autotriploidy
autotriploidy
noun
The condition of being autotriploid
aviculariidae
balourdise
balustrading
balustrading
noun
(architecture) work including one or more balustrades
basiglandular
basilosauridae
baudelaire
bdellouridae
belinuridae
biarticulated
biarticulated
adj
doubly articulated
bidiurnal
bidiurnal
adj
Every other day.
biglandular
biglandular
adj
Having two glands
bildungsroman
bildungsroman
noun
A novel tracing the spiritual, moral, psychological, or social development and growth of the main character, usually from childhood to maturity.
biquadrantal
bituberculated
blackfigured
blackguardism
blackguardism
noun
Blackguardly behaviour or language.
blackguardize
blackguardize
verb
To make blackguardly.
blizzardous
blizzardous
adj
Marked by overly cold and snowy conditions; blizzardlike.
Unclear, hazy, difficult to view.
blockaderunning
bluebeardism
boatbuilder
boatbuilder
noun
A person involved in boatbuilding; one who builds boats.
boatbuilders
boatbuilders
noun
plural of boatbuilder
boulevardier
boulevardier
noun
A man who frequents the boulevards; thus, a man about town or bon vivant.
verb
(intransitive) To strut or show off like a boulevardier.
boulevardiers
boulevardiers
noun
plural of boulevardier
boulevardize
boulevardize
verb
(transitive) To convert into boulevards.
bradyauxetically
brautlied
brotulidae
brunhilda
brutalised
brutalised
verb
(Britain) simple past tense and past participle of brutalise
brutalized
brutalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brutalize
burdigalian
burdigalian
Proper noun
A subdivision of the Miocene epoch.
burglarised
burglarised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of burglarise
burglarized
burglarized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of burglarize
buzzardlike
buzzardlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a buzzard.
caldarium
caldarium
noun
In Roman baths, the hottest room, with a plunge-pool. It preceded the tepidarium and frigidarium.
In modern spas, a room with a hot floor.
calderium
caloriduct
caloriduct
noun
A tube or duct for conducting heat; a caliduct.
campanularidae
caprimulgidae
carbuilder
carbuilder
noun
(rail transport, US) A manufacturer of railroad cars.
cardioneural
cardiopulmonary
cardiopulmonary
adj
(medicine) Of or pertaining to both the heart and the lungs.
cardiovascular
cardiovascular
adj
Relating to the circulatory system, that is the heart and blood vessels.
cardipaludism
cardueline
cardueline
adj
(zoology) Belonging to the subfamily Carduelinae of finches.
carduelis
carludovica
caudatolenticular
caudatolenticular
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the caudate and lenticular nuclei of the corpus striatum in the brain.
cauldrife
cauldrifeness
centrifugalized
centrifugalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of centrifugalize
centrolepidaceous
centrolepidaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Centrolepidaceae.
ceratomandibular
chelidosaurus
chlamydobacteriaceous
chlorguanide
chlorguanide
noun
Alternative form of chloroguanide
chloroguanide
chloroguanide
noun
Proguanil.
chondroalbuminoid
chondroalbuminoid
adj
chondral and albuminoid
chylopericardium
chylopericardium
noun
(pathology) The presence of chyle in the pericardium
circularised
circularised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circularise
circularized
circularized
adj
canvassed using circulars
publicized using circulars
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circularize
circulated
circulated
adj
distributed about a circuit
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circulate
circumambulated
circumambulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circumambulate
circummeridional
circumundulate
circumundulate
verb
To flow around as waves or undulations
circumundulation
circumvallated
circumvallated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circumvallate
cirratulidae
cladosporium
clairaudience
clairaudience
noun
(parapsychology) The power to perceive auditory stimuli beyond the realm of normal hearing.